techn00bians: Recent Episodes
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What’s up, N00bians! Welcome to TechN00bians, part of the Geekish Network. This is your weekly deep dive into video games steeped in the Blackest Blacks. TechN00bians is a livestream and podcast hosted by Black technology professionals where we discuss what, when, and how you can get into this world of technology, specifically the video game industry. We are here every week to inspire, sustain, and nurture successful creative technologists in their pursuit of Black excellence & content development. In this episode we talk about the Challenge of Diversifying In Games. How many games now have a hierarchy of difficulty levels baked into their design. techn00bians is: Shari Bryant: https://www.instagram.com/hypotheticalparticle/ Shana Bryant: https://www.instagram.com/techn00bian_mq/ Travis Williams: https://www.instagram.com/techn00bian_travis/ Charles Babb: https://www.instagram.com/charlesbabb/ Leon Pryor: https://www.instagram.com/ltrain_dtw/ Ryan Benjamin: https://www.instagram.com/ryanbnjmn/ You can find techn00bians LIVESTREAM and Vods on The Geekish Network youtube.com/thegeekishnetwork facebook.com/thegeekishnetwork And find more about techn00bians on our website: www.techn00bians.com Tech Produced and edited by Rodney Cajudo
What’s up, N00bians! Welcome to TechN00bians, part of the Geekish Network. This is your weekly deep dive into video games steeped in the Blackest Blacks. TechN00bians is a livestream and podcast hosted by Black technology professionals where we discuss what, when, and how you can get into this world of technology, specifically the video game industry. We are here every week to inspire, sustain, and nurture successful creative technologists in their pursuit of Black excellence & content development. In this episode we talk about the grown of Indie Game Development, from a small trendy games to full blown million dollar games, known as Triple i. techn00bians is: Shari Bryant: https://www.instagram.com/hypotheticalparticle/ Shana Bryant: https://www.instagram.com/techn00bian_mq/ Travis Williams: https://www.instagram.com/techn00bian_travis/ Charles Babb: https://www.instagram.com/charlesbabb/ Leon Pryor: https://www.instagram.com/ltrain_dtw/ Ryan Benjamin: https://www.instagram.com/ryanbnjmn/ You can find techn00bians LIVESTREAM and Vods on The Geekish Network youtube.com/thegeekishnetwork facebook.com/thegeekishnetwork And find more about techn00bians on our website: www.techn00bians.com Tech Produced and edited by Rodney Cajudo
What’s up, N00bians! It’s 2022, and we’re back for season 2! Welcome to TechN00bians, part of the Geekish Network. This is your weekly deep dive into video games steeped in the Blackest Blacks. For those that don’t know, TechN00bians is a livestream and podcast hosted by Black technology professionals where we discuss what, when, and how you can get into this world of technology, specifically the video game industry. We are here every week to inspire, sustain, and nurture successful creative technologists in their pursuit of Black excellence & content development. In this episode we talk about how gaming has evolved from turning your TV to channel 3 to play on your console to now we have millions of channels to play games on. techn00bians is: Shari Bryant: https://www.instagram.com/hypotheticalparticle/ Shana Bryant: https://www.instagram.com/techn00bian_mq/ Travis Williams: https://www.instagram.com/techn00bian_travis/ Charles Babb: https://www.instagram.com/charlesbabb/ Leon Pryor: https://www.instagram.com/ltrain_dtw/ Ryan Benjamin: https://www.instagram.com/ryanbnjmn/ You can find techn00bians LIVESTREAM and Vods on The Geekish Network youtube.com/thegeekishnetwork facebook.com/thegeekishnetwork And find more about techn00bians on our website: www.techn00bians.com Tech Produced and edited by Rodney
techn00bians s1 21.11.13 Democratizing Development -- A Disturbance in the Force? The n00bians talk Unity's acquisition of Weta Digital, more supply woes for PlayStation, Twitter getting into the premium service game, and YouTube's newest moderation features. There's also an update on screen repair issues for iPhone 13s. For the long-topic, the n00bians discuss how to demystify development and democratize tools.
techn00bians s1 21.11.06 The Gaming Bandwagon -- What’s getting ready to happen with gaming?
techn00bians s1 21.10.23 Fantastic High-functioning Teams & How to Build Them Today the n00bians talk four-day workweek revolutions, Google lowering their cut for subscription serivces, and PS5 becoming the first console to outsell the switch in years! For the long-topic, they discuss how to build successful, high-functioning teams in an ever-changing work environment.
techn00bians s1 21.10.16 Ethics in Technology Scandals, controversies, and old friends! The n00bians talk about Madden removing a problematic coach from ther game, Metroid devs being cut from the credits, Sony's attempt to quell PS5 purchase bots, and the return of G4TV. For the long-topic, the n00bians discuss the importance of building ethincs into the upstream development process.
techn00bians s1 21.08.28 Gamescom 2021 Recap This week in techn00bians, the n00bians are talking all things Gamescom 2021 -- the biggest announcements, the best trailers, and what they're most looking forward to. In the news this week, fallout from the Apple v. Epic lawuits, Fortnite's questionable MLK tribute, controversy with Apple's new child safety features, and more trouble for Activision.
techn00bians s1 21.08.07 Mobile Industry Redux Part II: Whales, space whales, and minnows
techn00bians s1 21.07.17 Beginner's Guide to GDC Today, the n00bians tackle ethics in tech with the new Anthony Bourdain documentary, Valve jumping into the portable arena, a first for NBA 2K cover athlete, and a fan choosing the nuclear option to win a forum argument. For the long-topic, they're asking and answering the question, "Do you have GDC money?"
techn00bians s1 21.06.19 Trese week continues! Special Guest: Jojo Aguilar The n00bians talk tech's diversity problem at Basecamp, Riot's new tools to help stamp out trolls, everything's coming up COD at Activision, Epic buys ArtStation, and Vampire: The Masquerade comes to your tv box.
techn00bians s1 21.06.12 DEI and other four-letter words with Special Guest Trinidad Hermida
techn00bians s1 21.04.21 How to Engineer Fun, Black Folks Code The n00bians talk tech's diversity problem at Basecamp, Riot's new tools to help stamp out trolls, everything's coming up COD at Activision, Epic buys ArtStation, and Vampire: The Masquerade comes to your tv box.
techn00bians S1 EP1 Debut Episode! Charles Babb, Travis Williams, Shari Bryant, Shana Bryant, Leon Pryor, and Ryan Benjamin, all veterans of game development have conversations about the game industry, what it takes to design games, and geek out about games they are fans of. All from a Black perspective.